We welcome you to our informational site about the
Multilateral Agreement on Investments that is in the final stages of negotiation.

The Multilateral Agreement on Investments (MAI) is the
result of three years of trade negotiations within the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). MAI is a trade regime
designed to eliminate nearly all barriers to international trade with the
intention of bringing a new era of global prosperity. The MAI shares
the North American Free Trade Agreement's (NAFTA) goals of liberalizing
international trade laws and protecting foreign investments.

The basic provisions of the MAI are:

the opening of most economic sectors and natural resources
to foreign ownership

fair and equal treatment of foreign firms

the removal of restrictions against the movement of capital

allowing for individual firms to sue foreign governments
before an international mediation panel

full and proper compensation for expropriation

In the following pages we discuss this controversial document
and explore its effects on the globalization of trade, as well as the effect
its ratification will have on our environment.